sherwood forest

1. 1.

   an ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band

   Broaderforest

   England

Questions about sherwood forest

What does sherwood forest mean?

sherwood forest means "an ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band".

Is sherwood forest a common word?

sherwood forest is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.